EMD GT46C-ACe Locomotive Dropped on Delivery

[reinhardtjh]

A new export locomotive (EMD GT46AC)  being delivered in Gabon (Africa) takes a fall.  It's almost certainly totaled.

[wazzou]

Now, that is a bad day.   

[rswinnerton]

Frame bent = totaled. Hope they got delivery insurance!

[Chris333]

That should buff right out.   

[tom mann]

Those little rubber bands didn't look sufficient.

[C855B]

I'm surprised it didn't bust through the dock.

[packers#1]

That should buff right out.   

+1
Might need some duct tape

[termite]

Just happy no one was hurt, that could have been a bad one, and not just for the engine.

Alan

[Leggy]

A new export locomotive being delivered in Gabon takes a fall.  It's almost certainly totaled.

Fixed that for you, the model designation should also be GT46AC not GT46C-ACe as the GT46AC is the EMD export model built in Muncie whilst the GT46C-ACe is the Australian domestic built model. I've seen posters elsewhere try and say they were built in Australia which is laughable at best....

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=413205&nseq=13

[reinhardtjh]

Fixed that for you, the model designation should also be GT46AC not GT46C-ACe as the GT46AC is the EMD export model built in Muncie whilst the GT46C-ACe is the Australian domestic built model. I've seen posters elsewhere try and say they were built in Australia which is laughable at best....

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=413205&nseq=13

Well that makes more sense.  I was going by the YouTube title but when I did some Googling it didn't quite match up.  But I gave the video the benefit of the doubt.

[Leggy]

The video being wrong made the comments section quite funny, so many people believing they were built in Aus or delivered to Australia...shows how little people research some things!

[RockGp40]

Sale !   Sale !  Sale !

Have I got a deal for you!!!

[John]

what I want to know .. why do we make such fugly locos for export?

[C855B]

what I want to know .. why do we make such fugly locos for export?

To accommodate tighter clearances. It really screws-up the proportions on hood-type units. You might notice that most non-US-produced models are carbody style for more flexibility in arranging mechanicals in a smaller footprint.

[Leggy]

Maybe EMD should build the Australian GT46C-ACe for export? They did sign a deal with EDI Rail to produce our locomotives overseas in a 'low cost manufacturing facility' somewhere like India or South Africa so who knows, they might have gotten our designs in the process.